Portis v. First National Bank of New Albany’s Empirical Analysis
34 F.3d 325 · 1994
Citation profile
56 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 140 later decisions — most recently March 2023 · most notably Eduard v. Ashcroft (2004), Septimus v. University of Houston (2005)
56 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. · International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson · Singleton v. Wulff
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 140 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“party has presented an issue in the trial court if that party has raised it in either the pleadings or the pretrial order, or if the parties have tried the issue by consent.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The raising party must present the issue so that it places the opposing party and the court on notice that a new issue is being raised.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In the context of Title VII, direct evidence includes any statement or written document showing a discriminatory motive on its face.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.